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    Kenneth to make up for the one he missed, but since Kenneth was not able to provide a steady date and event as the deadline was fast approaching, we decided we could no longer attend an event with him. In the messaged Kenneth had wrote to Anthony “Y’all [our group] are stupid I’ll make sure you get a zero too in that case.” So not only did he insult the entire group but he also threatened Anthony by telling him that he would make sure that he would receive a zero for a grade. Our group was very…

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    Before jail, like I said, I never thought about raping anybody but if I didn't like what a woman said I thought about hitting her or dominating her. I learned that at group, I can see it, I don't have thoughts of hitting or sexually assaulting women. That's why I have to stop drinking now, it all go together. I went to AA (in prison). Survived 10 years of prison. So I know better. But I got a lot more pressure on me now. Back then (in prison), all I have to worry about is someone stabbing me ...…

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    An interesting idea, this movie made me think about was the truthful and powerful social commentary on racial discrimination. I can say with certainty that the director's purpose was to manifest the power that authorities had over coloured minorities, and this has been shown constantly throughout the film. An example of this is when NWA was outside in a neighbourhood and the police came to intimidate and aggressively pressure the group to admit that they were up to something. Jerry Heller quotes…

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    So how you feeling about last night,” I asked as we sat at a table. “It was cool,” she said as she bit into her sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. “That’s it,” I said in an unsatisfying tone. “What else do you want me to say?” “Tell me your thoughts, anything.” “I mean it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I can see myself doing it for a while.” After she said that I laughed a little. “What’s so funny,” she asked. “You ain’t been exposed yet. The only reason it went…

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    My way of defining culture is something that makes up your background or something that shapes you. The times of my life have been good and sometimes bad so that’s how my cultural identity is made up. I have multiple things that makes up my cultural identity but here’s a few I’ll tell you about. My cultural identity mainly revolves around Food,Clothing & Music. Boy boy boy don’t I like getting new clothes and trying on new things well shopping is another thing that makes up the way I am I enjoy…

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    America's First Income Tax

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    1872 the bill was repealed and declared unconstitutional. Now that you know a little bit of how our nation's first income tax came out to be let's get into detail of how that sets the base of how we do taxes now in present time. First off, many of y’all have at least asked yourself this question at one point in your life, “ Why do I pay taxes?”. Well, I’m going to answer that question for you, firstly, it is not only considered a civic duty to do so, it is required by law as well. In the…

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    Storm-Personal Narrative

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    I was watching the news when the phone rang. I answered and on the other side of the phone was Mrs. Anderson. She asked, “Savannah, will you be able to babysit Andrew and Paislee tomorrow night at 7?” “I sure can Mrs. Anderson, I’ll see y’all at 7.” As soon as I hung up the phone, something the news caster said caught my attention. Suddenly the power went out. “I hope it wasn't much trouble for you to get here in this storm,” said Mr. Anderson, “We really do appreciate you being here to help us…

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    Short Story: The Last Supper

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    come up mostly empty, he said; then turning to look at her and Nancy, he said; “Well, I can tell you womenfolk had a much more exciting day than we men did. I‘m anxious to hear all about it,” he grinned. “Me too,” said Henry. “I want to know how y’all killed that…

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    Abortion Ethical Issue

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    Over the years abortion has been a controversial topic for the people and for politics in the United States of America; since the 19th century. Since 1900, there have been a lot of laws that were set up for each state of the United States, which specify the anti-abortion; these laws are in the statute book. These laws were structured for many years, until the 1973 the Supreme Court invalidated all of these laws. When this happened, a lot of people where against it, and it is when this topic…

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    The definition of the word "gang" is an organized group of criminals, but in the 1950's gangs were more than just drive-by's and robberies. Gangs in the 1950's were known as Greasers who were wore leather, greased back their hair, and often times caused trouble. The Greasers had a common enemy of course, The Socs, who were often times the rich white kids who drove around in Mustangs. Many movies were created around the rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs such as "West Side Story", "Grease"…

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